Obituary of Dan J. Spano

Mr. Dante` (Dan) J. Spano, age 87, of Ozark, died in his home Tuesday afternoon, November 27, 2007, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 A. M. Saturday, December 1, 2007, at Westview Memorial Cemetery in The Westview Memorial Cemetery Chapel on East Andrews Avenue. The Reverend Dr. Christian Eckert, Reverend Marty Hamilton, and Reverend Dr. Billy D. Gaither will officiate. Mr. James D. McLaughlin will share his special thoughts. Interment will follow in Westview Memorial Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. His body will be placed in the Chapel one hour prior to service time on Saturday. The family will receive friends at Holman Funeral Home in Ozark from 4:00 P. M. until 6:00 P. M. Friday evening. Mr. Dante` (Dan) John Spano was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 22, 1920 to Anna and Edmund Spano. In 1956 he married Mary Price Barkett, a widow with five children. Dan helped open and was the manager of The Hub, a Men's clothing store, on the square in Ozark until 1969 when he started Spano Clothing Company. Mr. Spano opened the Slack Shack and The Store Next Door in Daleville along with The Slack Shack in Dothan and Enterprise. In the early 90's Mr. Spano opened The Slack Shack in the old Hub location in Ozark, which he operated until December 2006. He was a member of the Ozark Rotary Club, AUSA, the Ozark Chamber of Commerce for many years, serving as the Chamber President in 1964, and The Men's Retail Association of America. He was also a member of the Ozark First United Methodist Church. His wife Mary Price Barkett Spano precedes Dan in death along with his parents and siblings, Anthony, William, Otto (Dempsey,) Carmella and Edmund. He is survived by his children, Fred Barkett and his wife Gail, Mary-Sue Switzer and her husband Don, Kathy Buchan and her husband Fran, Beege Barkett, Jan Lisenby and her husband James. Dan also leaves 6 grandchildren, Ann Barkett, Celeste Killpack, Fred P. Barkett, Olivia Buchan, Nicholas Dante` Switzer, and Ashley Buchan. Six great grandchildren also survive. Mr. Spano is also survived by his Goddaughter Patricia Frugoli McCoy, and Godsons Daniel John Barefield and Davis McLaughlin along with 19 nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ozark First United Methodist Church, Meditation Garden Fund, 167 East Broad Street, Ozark, Alabama 36360; or to Westview Memorial Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 484, Ozark, Alabama 36361. Service Information